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Betty Lind Dies,
Well Known Leader

Contributed by Linda Buten

Betty Ann Lind, one of the original board members of the organization of the International Foundation for Gender Education and a longtime community activist died on March 4, 1998 after a long illness.

Ms. Lind served on the IFGE board through the late 1980s and early 1990's. She served as a member of the Programs and Nominations Committees. She was also a long time board member o the Outreach Institute, Executive Secretary of Delta >Chapter, Alexandria, Coordinator of Fantasia Fair for three years and Editor of "Our Sorority" magazine along with many other fantasy publications.

She has been in ailing health for many years, but she still remained somewhat active in the gender world until very recently.

Gay Marriage Gets Boost in Alaska

Contributed by Sara Lord

A judge has ruled against Alaska's ban on same-sex marriages. The ruling does not legalize same-sex unions in Alaska, but forces the state to prove a compelling reason why such unions should be illegal. Last year, Jay Brause and Gene Dugan of Anchorage challenged a 1996 law banning same-sex marriage, trying to force the state to recognize their relationship of nearly 20 years. The gay couple argued the law violates the Alaska Constitution. Superior Court Judge Peter Michalski threw out the state's bid to dismiss the case and ruled that choosing a partner is a fundamental right.

--via Associated Press

Ears of Gay Women Show Differences

Contributed by Jayne Nicole

The inner ear of lesbian women works more like that of men, according to researchers who say the finding is the first evidence of physiological differences between gay and straight women.

Researchers at the University of Texas, Austin, said their studies show the inner ears of female homosexuals has undergone "masculinization," probably from hormone exposure before birth. "Their auditory centers have been masculinized, and the presumption is that so have the sites in the brain that direct sexual preference," said Dennis McFadden, lead author of the study. He said it has yet to be probed, however, that there is a specific site in the brain that directs women to be lesbians. via-The Wall Street Journal

Jagger Gorgeous in Dresses

Contributed by Elizabeth Parker

Rocker Mick Jagger may be a virile romeo with a model wife -- but the director of his latest movie says he is a natural in a dress. The Rolling Stones frontman, married to Texan Jerry Hall, dons drag in his new film Bent. In the film, about oppression of homosexuals in pre-war Nazi Germany, Jagger plays an androgenous character called Greta. And director Sean Matthias said at the London premier last night: "He must have been practising at home, borrowing a few of Jerry's dresses."



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